Code snippets for ASP.NET MVC2 in VS 2010

VS 2010 comes with ready made snippets which helps you save time while coding.

You insert a snippet by typing the name of the code snippet and hitting the Tab key twice. You can also use the following method if you wish to see a listing of snippets available.

• Press Ctrl + K, Ctrl + X
  
  Select ASP.NET MVC2 with the arrow keys and hit enter to see a list of snippets available.
   

The MVC related snippets you get out of the box (for C#) are listed below:

HTML

• actionlink
  Markup snippet for an ASP.NET MVC action link helper
  <%= Html.ActionLink("linktext", "actionname") %>
   
• beginformajaxcs
  Markup snippet for an ASP.NET MVC AJAX-enabled form helper in C#
  <% using (Ajax.BeginForm("actionname", new AjaxOptions {UpdateTargetId= "elementid" })) { %>
  <% } %>
   
• beginformcs
  Markup snippet for an ASP.NET MVC form helper in C#
  <% using (Html.BeginForm()) { %>
  <% } %>
   
• displayforcs
  Markup snippet for an ASP.NET MVC templated helper.
  <%= Html.DisplayFor(x => x.Property) %>
   
• editorforcs
  Markup snippet for an ASP.NET MVC templated helper.
  <%= Html.EditorFor(x => x.Property) %>
   
• foreachcs
  Markup snippet for an ASP.NET MVC foreach statement in C#
  <% foreach (var item in collection) { %>
  <% } %>
   
• ifcs
  Markup snippet for a code-nugget if else statement in C#
  <% if (true) { %>
  <% } %>
   
• ifelsecs
  Markup snippet for a code-nugget if else statement in C#
  <% if (true) { %>
  <% } else { %>
  <% } %>
   
• renderpartialcs
  Markup snippet for an ASP.NET MVC partial view rendering in C#
  <% Html.RenderPartial("viewname"); %>
   
• textboxmvc
  Markup snippet for an ASP.NET MVC textbox helper
  <%= Html.TextBox("name") %>
   
• validationsummarymvc
  Markup snippet for an ASP.NET MVC validation summary helper
  <%= Html.ValidationSummary() %>

CS

• mvcaction
  Code snippet for an action.
  public ActionResult Action()
  {
      return View();
  }
   
• mvcpostaction
  Code snippet for an action via http post.
  [HttpPost]

  public ActionResult Action()
  {
      return View();
  }
   

Enjoy!